17 July 2008

Parody of a Parody


Michelle and Barack, discussing whether the potato salad is better than the cole slaw for the upcoming 4th of July Picnic.

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15 July 2008

Lo, Prices Every Day

I do not prize the word 'cheap.' It is not a word of hope, nor a word of cheer. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty. The signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men, cheap men means a cheap country.
W.McKinley
Thank you Wal-Mart.

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10 July 2008

Draft is Ok, despite 14th Amendment

Personally, I think they’re both wrong. The moral argument against the draft has been well established:

The draft is a form of slavery. There is no way around it. Compelling a person to work for the state is involuntary servitude. ... Conscription is slavery, and if it returns, any arguments over whether America is a free country become obsolete. No nation is free when its government seizes not just the products, but the very means, of labor from its young.

Conscripting young people to do public service is just as much a form of slavery as conscripting them to go and fight in a war.


wrong, the one exception is defence of your home country.

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07 July 2008

W M D

The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" - the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment - was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.

What's now left is the final and complicated push to clean up the remaining radioactive debris at the former Tuwaitha nuclear complex about 12 miles south of Baghdad - using teams that include Iraqi experts recently trained in the Chernobyl fallout zone in Ukraine.

"Everyone is very happy to have this safely out of Iraq," said a senior U.S. official who outlined the nearly three-month operation to The Associated Press.


But Remember, there were no WMD, we went to Iraq for cheap oil.

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05 July 2008

Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft

Your Tax Dollars at Work.

Speed Limit Enforcement.

There's a green idea.

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Work Work Work

Bicoastal
I work both sides of the York and the James.

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04 July 2008

People Problems

MANILOSIS (n.): 1. A disease which causes the afflicted person to cite the disagreeing political viewpoints of others, and react to the disagreement by eschewing any juxtaposition between them and himself, perhaps out of the fear that his arguments will be revealed as insubstantial or logically tenuous if challenged.

2. The irrational prognostication that known political disagreements, will everlastingly remain the only matters of discussion, coupled with an equally irrational sensibility that politically-differing individuals cannot be friends.

3. The delusion that showcasing this disease and the suffering from it, is in fact the manifestation of some kind of ethical or philosophical principle.

4. The insistence that political agendas that would, if enacted, by design have profound effects upon the lives of everyone, must be deliberated and refined only in the presence of some.

There is no known cure. There is thought to be some hope for the afflicted, but the patient has to want to change.


I disagree, the cure is consistent winning friendship. Hate and delusion are over come by good deeds and insistence on the positive truth.

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20 June 2008

Chauffeur Stories

"Gee but it's great to be back home ; Home is where I want to be
I've been on the road so long my friend ; And if you came along
I know you couldn't disagree ; It's the same old story, yeah
Everywhere I go ; I get slandered, libeled
I hear words I never heard in the Bible
And I'm one step ahead of the shoe shine
Two steps away from the county line
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied"

Satisfied

"Deputy Sheriff said to me ; "Tell me what you come here for, boy
You better get your bags and flee ; You're in trouble, boy
And now you're heading into more" ; It's the same old story
Everywhere I go ; I get slandered, libeled
I hear words I never heard in the Bible
And I'm one step ahead of the shoe shine
Two steps away from the county line
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied"

Satisfied
Starting the new series on Chauffeur Stories

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10 June 2008

Lame Humor 307


How about a mennonite carpentry crew called "strict constructionists"

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24 May 2008

Quick Tour Around the Back Yard

Tree:




Dog:

22 May 2008

Being a Dancer Gives me the Edge

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plus as one lady told me, i'm a great guy, but I have a cruel streak 12 inches wide.

14 May 2008

more meg, senor

13 May 2008

Happy Mother's Day


Evelyn and Stephanie

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22 April 2008

Its in the Consitution soon

A Proposed Constitutional Amendment
(Note the need for this Amendment at the end)


Background and justification to Amendment 28
(self-defense/survival measure)

Whereas; Religion is defined as an institution dedicated to improving social conscience and promoting individual and societal spiritual growth in a way that is harmless to others not participating in or practicing the same;

Whereas; the United States of America was founded on the ideals of individual rights, including the individual right to practice one’s religion of choice, or no religion, and that there would be no compulsion of religion, nor state sanctioned religion, nor a 'religious test' for participation in the body politic;

Whereas; Islam includes a complete political and social structure, encompassed by its religious law, Sharia, that supercedes any civil law and that Islam mandates that no secular or democratic institutions are to be superior to Islamic law;

Whereas; Islam preaches that it and it alone is the true religion and that Islam will dominate the world and supplant all other religions and democratic institutions;

Whereas; Saudi Arabia , the spiritual home of Islam does not permit the practice of any other religion on its soil and even 'moderate' Muslims states such as Turkey and Malaysia actively suppress other religions;

Whereas; Islam includes as its basic tenant the spread of the faith by any and all means necessary, including violent conquest of non-believers, and demands of its followers that they implement violent jihad (holy war) against those un-willing to convert or submit to Islam, including by deception and subversion of existing institutions;

Whereas; on 9/11/2001 19 Muslim hijackers acting in the name of Islam killed 3,000 Americans, and numerous other acts of terrorism have been directed at the American people around the world;

Whereas; representatives of Islam around the world including Osama Bin Laden (architect of 9/11), the government of Iran including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, HAMAS, Hezbollah, and other Islamic groups have declared jihad (war) on America, and regularly declare that America should cease to exist;

Whereas; there is no organized Islamic opposition to violent proponents of Islam;

Therefore: Islam is not a religion, but a political ideology more akin to Fascism and totally in opposition to the ideals of freedom as described in the United States Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights.

Be it resolved that the following Amendment to the Constitution be adopted:

Article I

The social/political/ideological system known around the world as Islam is not recognized in the United States as a religion. The practice of Islam is therefore not protected under the 1st Amendment as to freedom of religion and speech.

Article II

As representatives of Islam around the world have declared war, and committed acts of war, against the United States and its democratic allies around the world, Islam is hereby declared an enemy of the United States and its practice within the United States is now prohibited.

Article III

Immediately upon passage of this Amendment all Mosques, schools and Muslim places of worship and religious training are to be closed, converted to other uses, or destroyed. Proceeds from sales of such properties may be distributed to congregations of said places but full disclosure of all proceeds shall be made to an appropriate agency as determined by Congress.

No compensation is to be offered by Federal or State agencies for losses on such properties however Federal funding is to be available for the demolishing of said structures if other disposition cannot be made.

The preaching of Islam in Mosques, Schools, and other venues is prohibited. The subject of Islam may be taught in a post high school academic environment provided that instruction include discussion of Islam’s history of violence, conquest, and its ongoing war on democratic and other non-Islamic values.

The preaching or advocating of Islamic ideals of world domination, destruction of America and democratic institutions, jihad against Judaism, Christianity and other religions, and advocating the implementation of Sharia law shall in all cases be punishable by fines, imprisonment, deportation, and death as proscribed by Congress.

Violent expressions of these and other Muslim goals, or the material support of those both in the United States and around the world who seek to advance these Islamic goals shall be punishable by death. Muslims will be denied the opportunity to immigrate to the United States .

Article IV

Nothing in this amendment shall be construed as authorizing the discrimination against, of violence upon, nor repudiation of the individual rights of those Americans professing to be Muslim. The individual right of conscience is sacrosanct and the practice of Islam within the privacy of home and self is strictly protected to the extent that such individuals do not violate the prohibitions described in Article III.

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16 April 2008

Big Bad Wolf

okay, so he's really a Medium Ornery Keeshond.

but you know, if the Wolf had been this cute,
Little Red Riding Hood would have switched sides,
thrown Grandma under the bus . . .

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06 April 2008

Cheaper than Actual Content


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my name in lights, my Mom will be so proud

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02 April 2008

Repairing the Broken

From An Elementary School Teacher..

He came to my desk with a quivering lip,
The lesson was done.
Have you a new sheet for me dear teacher,
I've spoiled this one.


I took his sheet all soiled and blotted,
Gave him a new one all unspotted.
And into his tired heart I cried,
Do better now, my child.


I went to the throne with a trembling heart,
The day was done.
Have you a new day for me dear Master,
I've spoiled this one.

He took my day all soiled and blotted,
Gave me a new one all unspotted.
And into my tired heart He cried,
Do better now, My child.

A new day, a new beginning. Ask anyone who's gone wrong,
you'll know what a thrill it is to be told you're forgiven.


via Ravi Zacharias

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21 March 2008

Uncommon Ground

Uncommon Ground


Elwood, the Band !

Original Artwork by Vince Riley

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16 March 2008

Spring Break Was Boring, Did Homework Instead of Partying


Department of Peace Studies,

Old Dominion Univ. Thesis of Modern Polity


In the works of Burroughs, a predominant concept is the concept of patriarchial sexuality. It could be said that if Derridaist reading holds, the works of Burroughs are reminiscent of Mapplethorpe.

The main theme of the works of Burroughs is the paradigm of precultural sexual identity. An abundance of theories concerning not, in fact, narrative, but subnarrative may be found. Thus, Sontag’s model of conceptual discourse holds that narrative comes from communication, given that art is equal to sexuality.

In the works of Burroughs, a predominant concept is the distinction between destruction and creation. Foucault promotes the use of modernist objectivism to analyse class. But Lyotard uses the term ‘conceptual discourse’ to denote the rubicon, and some would say the futility, of neocapitalist reality.

In Naked Lunch, Burroughs deconstructs Marxist capitalism; in Junky, although, he affirms constructive nationalism. Thus, the characteristic theme of Werther’s[1] critique of conceptual discourse is the bridge between sexual identity and class.

La Fournier[2] implies that the works of Burroughs are empowering. In a sense, Debord suggests the use of the neocapitalist paradigm of consensus to challenge class divisions.

The rubicon, and hence the collapse, of constructive nationalism depicted in Burroughs’s Port of Saints is also evident in The Ticket that Exploded, although in a more dialectic sense. But the subject is interpolated into a that includes sexuality as a paradox.

Many theories concerning modernist objectivism exist. It could be said that the subject is contextualised into a cultural paradigm of reality that includes reality as a whole.

An abundance of discourses concerning the role of the writer as observer may be revealed. However, Bataille promotes the use of constructive nationalism to deconstruct and read sexual identity.

2. Lacanist obscurity and neosemiotic Marxism

“Society is elitist,” says Foucault. The primary theme of the works of Burroughs is a self-fulfilling paradox. Thus, modernist objectivism holds that language serves to entrench sexism.

The main theme of Hamburger’s[3] essay on preconceptual objectivism is the dialectic, and subsequent genre, of semanticist sexual identity. Therefore, in Naked Lunch, Burroughs analyses modernist objectivism; in Port of Saints, however, he examines constructive nationalism.

If the neocultural paradigm of discourse holds, we have to choose between constructive nationalism and Marxist socialism. In a sense, the premise of neosemiotic Marxism states that society has intrinsic meaning.

3. Burroughs and constructive nationalism

If one examines neosemiotic Marxism, one is faced with a choice: either reject modernist objectivism or conclude that academe is part of the futility of reality. Baudrillard uses the term ‘material narrative’ to denote a mythopoetical reality. Therefore, any number of constructions concerning modernist objectivism exist.

“Consciousness is dead,” says Derrida. Marx suggests the use of subdialectic discourse to attack class divisions. It could be said that several desublimations concerning the economy, and some would say the futility, of textual class may be discovered.

“Sexual identity is part of the collapse of language,” says Debord; however, according to Tilton[4] , it is not so much sexual identity that is part of the collapse of language, but rather the genre, and eventually the collapse, of sexual identity. The primary theme of the works of Burroughs is the role of the poet as participant. But Sontag promotes the use of modernist objectivism to challenge class.

The main theme of Abian’s[5] analysis of neosemiotic Marxism is not narrative, but prenarrative. Constructive nationalism holds that sexual identity, perhaps ironically, has objective value, given that Baudrillard’s critique of postcultural deconstruction is invalid. Therefore, the subject is interpolated into a that includes consciousness as a whole.

The premise of Marxist class implies that narrative must come from the collective unconscious. However, Sontag uses the term ‘neosemiotic Marxism’ to denote the paradigm, and subsequent fatal flaw, of textual language.

The masculine/feminine distinction prevalent in Burroughs’s Naked Lunch emerges again in The Ticket that Exploded. In a sense, many discourses concerning constructive nationalism exist. One cannot forget the influences of Ayn Rand on the dialogue.

Sargeant[6] states that we have to choose between modernist objectivism and the presemiotic paradigm of consensus. Thus, the characteristic theme of the works of Fellini is the role of the reader as observer.

Foucault suggests the use of capitalist theory to deconstruct capitalism. Therefore, the subject is contextualised into a that includes truth as a paradox.

Postdialectic nihilism suggests that art is capable of significant form. But if constructive nationalism holds, we have to choose between capitalist materialism and predialectic textual theory.

The premise of constructive nationalism states that expression is a product of the masses. Therefore, Lyotard promotes the use of the neocultural paradigm of reality to modify and analyse sexual identity.

4. Modernist objectivism and dialectic desituationism

“Consciousness is responsible for class divisions,” says Derrida. The subject is interpolated into a that includes truth as a totality. It could be said that Marx suggests the use of constructive nationalism to attack hierarchy.

Bataille uses the term ‘modernist objectivism’ to denote a postcapitalist whole. However, the primary theme of Bailey’s[7] analysis of dialectic desituationism is the difference between culture and class.

Prinn[8] suggests that we have to choose between Baudrillardist hyperreality and subcultural capitalism. In a sense, the subject is contextualised into a that includes art as a totality.

5. Burroughs and Marxist capitalism

The characteristic theme of the works of Burroughs is the role of the reader as participant. The primary theme of von Ludwig’s[9] critique of dialectic desituationism is not theory, but pretheory. But the subject is interpolated into a that includes language as a reality.

If one examines constructive nationalism, one is faced with a choice: either accept textual Marxism or conclude that the task of the observer is deconstruction, but only if art is distinct from consciousness; otherwise, Foucault’s model of constructive nationalism is one of “predeconstructive dialectic theory”, and thus fundamentally used in the service of sexism. Dialectic desituationism holds that the establishment is part of the collapse of art. In a sense, Sartre promotes the use of the postcapitalist paradigm of context to modify sexual identity.

Debord’s model of modernist objectivism suggests that reality comes from communication, given that dialectic desituationism is valid. It could be said that an abundance of theories concerning the role of the poet as writer may be found.

Sartre uses the term ‘modernist objectivism’ to denote not desublimation per se, but subdesublimation. Thus, several theories concerning constructive nationalism exist.

If modernist objectivism holds, the works of Burroughs are modernistic. However, Derrida uses the term ‘constructive nationalism’ to denote the defining characteristic, and eventually the futility, of conceptual class.


1. Werther, Y. M. K. (1978) Subcapitalist Deappropriations: Modernist objectivism in the works of Tarantino. Harvard University Press

2. la Fournier, M. ed. (1989) Textual theory, Marxism and modernist objectivism. University of Michigan Press

3. Hamburger, K. U. (1971) The Genre of Expression: Constructive nationalism and modernist objectivism. Loompanics

4. Tilton, V. T. A. ed. (1989) Marxism, modernist objectivism and neocultural narrative. O’Reilly & Associates

5. Abian, L. Y. (1978) The Vermillion Key: Modernist objectivism and constructive nationalism. Yale University Press

6. Sargeant, S. ed. (1992) Modernist objectivism in the works of Fellini. University of Oregon Press

7. Bailey, J. B. P. (1981) The Futility of Society: Constructive nationalism in the works of Burroughs. O’Reilly & Associates

8. Prinn, T. ed. (1973) Marxism, conceptual narrative and modernist objectivism. And/Or Press

9. von Ludwig, W. D. (1984) Reading Derrida: Constructive nationalism and modernist objectivism. O’Reilly & Associates

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12 February 2008

Universal Health Care


Vote Democrat

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11 February 2008

Hillary Rodham Empowerment

Wait I forget, should we vote for her because she's a woman,
or are we not supposed to notice her gender ?


Liberals confuse me...

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